Banished Worlds by Grant Workman & Mary Workman

Author:Grant Workman & Mary Workman
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Space Opera, Fiction
ISBN: 9781477617939
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Published: 2012-05-30T22:00:00+00:00

“Start them down, Nelson. Jenkins, stay close to Bikes and the girl. Roberts will be behind you in a minute. I’m rear guard.” I motioned everyone into the building and waited at the hatch for Roberts. She was fast, but before she returned I could see the shadows of people moving in the far building. Roberts turned up just before they did. She ran out of the spacecraft and by me.

I turned on the flamethrower and roasted the inside of the other building through the missing section. The flames would die out fast with the building having been stripped to bare floors and walls years before. There just was not much to sustain a fire. As I headed for the hatch, I lit everything on fire that would burn. It was roaring as I ran to join up with the others. I ran to the stairwell and found the groups just standing.

“Is there a problem?” I asked, hoping that scavs had not come up both buildings.

“We’re waiting for you, Little Boss’ orders.”

“Go!” I yelled down to the front of the group.

Even with our increased numbers, we moved faster down the stairs than we had coming up. The thing was it was still eighteen flights of stairs. We all walked into the lobby winded, well, except Bikes who looked fresh enough to do it again if he had too, or if Little Boss said to.

Roberts walked over to me. She did not appear to be winded either. “When we had Big Chin’s quarters, I used his maps of the area to work out the extraction point. I took this from the ship.” Roberts held up the ship’s guidance display. “Fully charged, which means there’s forty-eight hours of life, maybe a little longer if we conserve its power. With it and the map which I have, I can plot that exact location. It’s just not a close location.”

Echoing through the building was the sound of grinding, groaning, and twisting metal. “Nelson, Bender, check it out, fast.” I turned to Roberts. “You’re going to have to make your calculations on the move.” Roberts and I headed toward the door as Bender was returning with Nelson only a step behind him.

“Great job, Harry!” Nelson yelled at me. “What are we going to do now?”

I pushed past Nelson and looked outside. The spacecraft fuselage had given into the crash, and the fire I set had been the noise. Not only had it fallen, but a big section of it had landed on our one and only vehicle. Now the truck was a crushed, burning piece of junk. I moved outside, everyone followed.

“Nelson, light up the ground floor of that other building. Scavs went up, so that means they’ll want to come down. Give them something to think about.”

“Great plan. Might buy us a few minutes, but there’s not much in these buildings to burn,” Nelson complained very angrily at me.

“Go,” I ordered. “Jenkins, take this and go help him.” I handed over the flamethrower. “Roberts, get me coordinates to that extraction point.

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